Li Jing loudly scolded Gao Zhengsheng, who was tied up and kneeling at the foot of the stairs.

"Who gave you the courage to retreat without my orders? Do you still have me in your eyes? Do you still have military law?"

"The general didn't want to retreat, but in the middle of the battle, the enemy's reinforcements arrived. Their counterattack was too fierce, and the Huizhou army suffered as many as one-third casualties. I really couldn't withstand it anymore."

After saying this, Gao Zhengsheng lowered his proud head. After many years of military service, when had he ever been so embarrassed?

To be honest, he felt a little regretful now. He really should have kept fighting. If he was attacked, he wouldn't have let Li Jing humiliate him like this in the big tent.

He doesn't even know the simple truth that soldiers have no permanent power and water has no permanent shape. What kind of situations will not happen on the battlefield? Are the enemies all fools waiting for you to kill them? I really don't know how Gao Zhengsheng is alive until now.

"This is the reason why you retreated. When you retreated, the enemy troops on the Evil Sun Ridge took advantage of the gap to severely damage the Jinhe Army. Have you ever thought about what would happen if they outflanked you again?

There are hundreds of thousands of people on both sides fighting each other. If you say you won't fight, you won't fight? Someone, drag him down and chop him down."

Hearing that Li Jing was about to kill him, Gao Zhengsheng became anxious, broke away from the sergeants on both sides, and knelt forward a few steps.

He still stiffened his neck and said: "Commander, the last general is an old general of the Prince of Qin's Palace. Even His Majesty here will give me some mercy because of his past friendship."

After he said this, Li Jing was very angry. Who doesn't know that there are many generals in the Qin Palace on the Yunzhong front line? If you say so, doesn't it mean that the emperor and those people are suppressing me, the general manager?

In addition, Li Chengqian, the supervisor of the army, if I don't kill you, how can I establish this military authority and how can I make these arrogant soldiers and generals enforce orders and prohibitions?

"Now that things have happened, you still dare to use Your Majesty to suppress me. At the beginning of the war, I told you that if any of the generals were afraid to avoid fighting, I would kill him.

You didn't hear me at that time, right? If I didn't kill you today, why would I be able to command this 300,000-strong army?"

Hearing what Li Jing said, the old generals of the Qin Palace headed by Yuchi Jingde were dumbfounded. They originally thought that the commander was just trying to scare him.

Can you still kill His Majesty's favorite general for such a trivial matter? Besides, this is too disrespectful to our brothers, so they all winked at Yuchi Jingde.

Their little moves were all noticed by Li Ji. It seemed that if the teacher wanted to suppress the imperial generals, he would really go on a killing spree.

"Commander, although Gao Zengsheng deserves to die, he himself was seriously injured. Now that the war has just begun, it would be unlucky to kill the general.

The general is willing to save him for once. Please show mercy to the commander-in-chief. For the time being, let’s remember his head so that he can be punished and make meritorious service.”

As the leader of the Qin Palace on the Yunzhong front line, if he did not stand up and speak for Gao Zhengsheng, it would be a disgrace to the friendship that they had fought side by side for more than ten years.

Then the generals standing on the right also agreed, which was in sharp contrast to Li Ji, Chai Shao and others standing on the left.

Seeing so many people interceding for Gao Zhengsheng and embarrassing Li Jing, Li Chengqian, the supervisor, had no choice but to step forward.

If Li Jing's prestige is damaged at this time, then everyone can use it to get away with it, so how will this battle be fought in the future?

"Your Majesty awarded the general the ax and ax when he paid homage to the general in Chang'an. No matter who violates the seventeen forbidden laws and is beheaded fifty-four times, he will inevitably die.

However, I would like to ask the general to leave a whole body for the sake of Gao Zhengsheng’s many years of military exploits. I wonder what the general thinks?”

Li Chengqian's words settled the matter. Gao Zengsheng had violated military law and must die.

Whether it was due to his duty to supervise military law or his majesty as the prince, as long as he spoke, the generals in the tent would not speak again, no matter what they wanted to say.

Generally speaking, generals who committed capital crimes would have their heads removed, but Gao Zhengsheng was so proud that he allowed the prince to ask for his body to be kept intact.

After drinking a bowl of Zhuangxing wine given by his old brother on the execution ground, he committed suicide with his sword in front of Yuchi Jingde and others.

All the generals present knew that what Li Jing did was to show off the chicken to the monkeys and use the high steamer to establish his authority. But there was nothing they could do to make this old boy violate military law.

However, this incident also reminded them that they would either die on the battlefield or die in military law. Anyway, there is an enemy but not me, and I am the enemy.

Li Chengqian, who had just had dinner, was invited over by the chief steward Li Jing. The reason was that Li Chengqian spoke for himself in the tent during the day, allowing him to successfully subdue them.

In fact, Li Chengqian himself knew that even without him, Li Jing could still convince them, but with him, things would go smoother.

There were only two masters and apprentices, Li Jing and Li Ji, in the commander's tent. Li Jing was very polite and asked for his advice on how to quickly conquer the Evil Yang Ridge.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian walked to the sand table and looked at the status of the enemy and our armies marked on it. After a while, he pointed out the northwest of Evil Yang Ridge to the two of them.

"As the general said, the only way to reverse the current passive situation is to capture this place, re-open the channel with our east-west group, and then attack Dingxiang.

However, the terrain of Evil Yang Ridge is steep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. A strong attack will not only increase casualties, but will also allow the main force of our army to be surrounded by Jieli's troops at any time."

Li Ji on the side couldn't help but asked curiously, "What's the plan?"

"Both we and the enemy are tired after a day of fighting during the day, and at night the defenders on the mountain are definitely not as good as during the day in terms of sight and vigilance."

"Take advantage of the darkness to launch another feint attack on the enemy. Cover the movement of one unit to the cliff northwest of Wuyang Ridge. Climb up at dawn, and then rush down from a high position. This will definitely disrupt the enemy's position. At this time, the main force of the army launches a frontal attack.

It will definitely work wonders.”

Hearing Li Chengqian's talk about Qizheng, the two masters couldn't help but look at each other. It turned out that they just wanted to be polite, but who knew that the prince had understood the way of Qizheng to such an extent.

"Those who are good at using military force are always right and strange, making the enemy unpredictable. Therefore, the right is also victorious, and the strange is also victorious. If you regard the strange as the right, if you are hostile to the strange, then I will attack it; if you regard the right as the strange, if you are hostile to the right, you will be right.

, then I will attack it with surprise.

In this way, "Everything is righteous and everything is strange, making the enemy unpredictable. Your Highness's words just now are very profound about the way of Qi and Zheng. I admire you."

"Cheng Qian is a latecomer to the school, and he has done his best in front of the general. However, I have a small request, I wonder if the general can agree to it?"

Li Chengqian put forward conditions at this time, leaving the master confused. He nodded and waited to see what he wanted.

"Cheng Qian turned out to be the eldest son of the Prince of Qin, and Gao Zengsheng was also an old man. Today he violated military law and deserved his death. It doesn't matter if he loses his personal face, but His Majesty's face cannot be lost.

I have brought 3,000 elite soldiers this time, all of them are elite soldiers who have fought many battles, and many of them have fought bloody battles with me at Iron Gate Pass. So I ask the general to hand over the task of sneak attack to my subordinates."

After speaking, he gave Li Jing a military salute. Li Jing could not refuse this request. If he did not agree, he would not be able to explain to Li Chengqian, and he would not be able to explain to the old generals of Prince Qin's palace outside the tent.

The words are divided into two parts. The Hongwen Hall in Chang'an City is brightly lit. Ever since the war started, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have returned home and run here every day to handle military intelligence reports.

"Xuanling, Keming, it's so late, why don't you rest? How can your body survive this long?"

After giving the salute, Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "Your Majesty, I can't feel relieved that the war is coming."

"Me too. Seeing how windy it is outside, I couldn't help but want to come here to see if there are any latest military reports. Have the general and the prince arrived at the front line?"

"The river we crossed on the second day of junior high school should have reached the front line of Hun River by now. I just don't know what the battle situation will be like on the front line." Du Ruhui, who was still deducing the battle situation in front of the sand table, turned around and continued to stare at the sand table.

Then the three of them sat down in front of the sand table and stared at the confrontation between the two sides in the Yunzhong area.

"I can rest assured only when he arrives. Cen Wenwen and the others all recommended Yuchi Jingde as deputy commander, and only you recommended Li Ji. Although I didn't listen to you, I still feel uneasy when I think about it now."

Of course, Li Shimin knew that Yuchi Jingde was a fierce warrior, and it goes without saying that he was able to charge into battle, but when it came to commanding troops in battle and marching thousands of miles, he probably still lacked the skills.

But after all, Yuchi Jingde was an old general in the Qin Palace and he had been in trouble before, and Hulao Pass had saved his life. If Xuanwumen hadn't killed Yuan Ji without him, his life would have been much worse.

Later, he also forced Li Yuan to make him the prince on the lake, so when discussing merits, he was listed as a first-class meritorious official like Changsun Wuji. If Yu Qingyuli, the deputy commander, had not given it to him, his heart would have been chilled.

You must know that in the current Tang army, he is a man of his word, and building a good relationship now is extremely important for Li Ke's future. Cen Wenwen and the others just looked at this and sold Yuchi Jingde to him.

"On the issue of using Yuchi Jingde as deputy commander, the main concern of His Majesty and other important ministers is that there are too many veterans on the Yunzhong front line, and Li Ji is too young. I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public with his words. Let's eliminate internal friction before starting a war.

, I think this concern is reasonable."

Seeing that the emperor regretted it, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh in her heart, but she still had to say words of comfort. If Li Shimin had to fight at this time, his determination would be ruined.

"I don't have to worry about you. The only thing that I can't let go of is Evil Sun Ridge. This is the only passage for our army's east-west group. Once something happens here, it will be earth-shattering. However, both our army and Jieli are places that must be attacked and defended."

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"There are not without capable people on the grassland. I heard that after the death of Colon, his younger brother Ajanasmo took over the position of commander-in-chief of the former army. If I were Ajanasmo, this would be the first place to attack.

Use it to slow down the progress of our army, so you can fight whatever you want."
Chapter completed!